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Could Facebook’s experimental group, Facebook Creative Labs, finally have a hit on its hand with its private, photo-sharing app Facebook Moments? The early data looks promising. The app, which lets you get photos from friends and share photos in return, while also organizing them privately on your phone for safe-keeping, seems to have solved one of the long-standing challenges with… Read More... →

Look at this, because it’ll definitely be looking at you. Eye-tracking company Tobii revealed new technologies in the field today, the Tobii IS4 eye tracking platform and Tobii EyeChip. These technologies can create new innovations in games and interfaces for computing. It can also create 3D effect without the need of glasses. For example, the PC […]... →

Some Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users this week started reporting they were being forced to upgrade to Windows 10, even though they had not reserved a copy nor indicated in any way they wanted to upgrade. We reached out to Microsoft asking why users were being forced to install Windows 10, and the company […]... →

Most people get started "on the side" before going solo or founding a startup. More and more people have a side hustle going on just to make ends meet. Fact is, once you're on your own, you're likely doing one thing in order to do the next bigger and better thing. Even larger companies leverage existing lines of business in order to expand and evolve to the next level. In short, it's not where you're at, it's where you're going. Surprisingly,... →

Минкомсвязи не будет публиковать список брендов, которые размещают рекламу на пиратских сайтах, до того времени, пока ведомство не найдёт ответственных за её распространение. Об этом сообщают «Ведомости» со ссылкой на замглавы Минкомсвязи Алексея Волина, который изначально заявил об этой инициативе.... →

Theranos has refuted claims made in a scathing Wall Street Journal report that the company was struggling with results of its blood-test technology; that some results of tests were way off; and that Theranos was only using its tech for 15 tests and instead outsourcing most of the 240 total it offers to other machines from outside manufacturers. Read More... →

Cofounder Evan Doll is no longer at Flipboard, the company has confirmed to TechCrunch and has just announced in a blog post. He will be joining Redpoint Ventures as an entrepreneur-in-residence. His role as head of Flipboard’s head of client engineering will be taken over by Troy Brant, who has been handling the job lately. It looks like the departure is on fairly amicable terms:… Read More... →

Flipboard has announced that cofounder Evan Doll has “decided not to return” to the company after a long sabbatical. Instead, he will become an Entrepreneur in Residence at Redpoint Ventures. Here’s the letter CEO Mike McCue sent to his team: Good morning everyone, After a long sabbatical and a lot of reflection, Evan has decided […]... →

In the fifth part of the membership series on The Mainframe, hosts Tony Clark and Chris Garrett outline strategies for keeping your customers sticking around and holding their interest. Listen in to hear all the details. In this episode of The Mainframe: How your sales tactics could be costing you a great deal of money and respect The key factors that turn a buyer's remorse situation into a long-term,... →

Most people are familiar with Uber as the ridesharing king; it has taken the world by storm, with much fanfare. Less has been written about its new family member, UberEATS, which now delivers lunch within 10 minutes by the push of a button. What’s interesting about the two ventures is the playbook that Uber uses to identify, design and market them in their Uber world. Perhaps we ought… Read More... →

Human has been relentlessly updating its passive activity tracking app for the past two years. But today’s update is the biggest to date with many under-the-hood improvements and new user-facing features. In particular, Human is now much easier on your battery and more accurate as well. Read More... →

So you’ve shot some cool video footage — congrats! But if it needs any editing, you’ve still got a lot of work ahead of you. Or you could try out a startup called VidMob, which is building a marketplace for professional video editors. The company has been beta testing its products, with plans to launch an iOS soon, and an Android app later on. Read More... →

If you’ve ever wondered what you’ll eventually find inside your body cavity when the robots take over meet QRoSS by Takeshi Aoki, Satoshi Ito, and Yosuke Sei from the Chiba Institute of Technology in Japan. This robot consists of a rounded roll cage and four legs hidden inside its body. You can throw the ball into a room where it can roll around and then, when it needs to move… Read More... →

Skype is working to make is service more broadly accessible, Microsoft announced today, detailing a new feature that will allow users to invite anyone – even those who don’t have a Skype account – to use the service via the Skype for Web interface. Invitees won’t have to create an account or download an app, but can instead join a chat as a guest simply by clicking a… Read More... →

This is a guest post by Benjamin Mangold . Benjamin is the Co-Founder of Loves Data , a Google Analytics Certified Partner . When he's not seeking out insights, you will find Benjamin blogging, presenting or playing with the Measurement Protocol. A new book showing you how to make the best use of both Google Analytics and Google AdWords is now available.... →

Microsoft, Dell, HP, Intel, and Lenovo today are hosting a webcast titled “PC Does Whaaat?!” The event is supposed to showcase “what’s in store for the next generation of PCs” and debut “an exciting new joint advertising campaign designed to help showcase PC innovation.” As the name implies, the new campaign is aimed at building […]... →

Planet Earth spends a ton of money on video games, but it turns out that only a fraction of the countries make up the bulk of that spending. The top 20 nations alone will spend $83 billion on video games by the end of 2015, according to intelligence firm Newzoo. That represents nearly 91 percent of the […]... →

Everyone is discussing everyone online these days. Someone may be discussing your brand at this very moment and you’d better be there to engage! Online reviews are becoming more and more important: They influence buying decisions and your business growth! Some stats: Here are some online reviews stats from the travel industry: Average number of reviews for a hotel – 238 Percent of travelers who find user reviews important 81%... [Read More...] The post Start Monitoring Your Online Reviews Now: No Excuse for... →

Emergent VR, a startup that promises full video capture for virtual reality headsets like the Gear VR, has raised $2.2 million from Accel Partners, Rothenberg Ventures and Google Ventures. Emergent VR’s play is that it can build a simpler experience for users who want to capture video that can be viewed through VR devices. The three Emergent VR demos Wilkins showed me indicated that… Read More... →

On The Missing Link, host Sean Jackson and Mica Gadhia welcome Dylan Jones, one of their very helpful Missing Link LinkedIn group members, to share about his solid success with LinkedIn and how he drives traffic to his site that's built on the Rainmaker Platform. No, Sean and Mica did not pay him with cash, chocolates, or even booze to share how the Rainmaker Platform is working so well for him now.... →